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> 2025-26 PRELIMINARY BUDGET APPROVED

The Board of Education approved the District's 2025-26 Preliminary Budget on June 24.

Every year the Board is tasked with approving a preliminary budget before July 1. However, there is a significant amount of information yet to be determined, including the fall student count, state and federal aid allotments, final staffing decisions, and other related costs. The budget will continue to be refined over the next several months, before the Annual Meeting budget is shared with the community in September and the final version (called thge Original Budget) is approved in October.

The preliminary budget currently shows an operational deficit of $1.3 million. With the loss of federal and state funding, the District will rely on its fund balance to help support operations in the short term. Additional revenue or a reduction of expenses will be required to balance the budget in future years. Stay tuned for additional discussions regarding the District's finances over the next few months.

Please reach out to the Director of Business Services if you have any additional questions.

> 2024-25 TAX LEVY

As part of the budget adoption, the 2024-25 school tax levy has been set at $11,111,477, which is the same as last year. The levy includes $1.1 million to defease (prepay) long-term debt, which will lower interest costs and provide levy stability going forward.

While the school tax levy is the largest single portion of your property tax bill, it is not the majority. Your property tax bill is impacted by the other taxing districts (village, county, MATC, and MMSD) as well as the change in your property value relative to others.

Note that the 2024-25 tax levy is lower than when after passage of the 2018 $25.9 million capital referendum.

> QUICK LINKS

2024-25 Budget & Tax Levy
Prior Year Budgets
Financial Audits
COVID-19 Spending

The ABCs of Revenue Limits

> BUSINESS SERVICES STAFF

Quinten Paul
Director of Business Services
(414) 371-6774
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Trina Jackson
Human Resources Manager
(414) 371-6766
(414) 371-6753 (HR Fax)
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Pam Kluck
District Accountant
(414) 371-6776
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LaSonia Banks
Payroll Specialist
(414) 371-6777
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Toni Perine
Business Office Support Specialist
(414) 371-6754
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